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No. 815,046. Patented Apr. I. 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB M. MARCH, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

INSIDE TRUNK-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,046, dated April 7,1885.

Application filed January 16, 1885. (No model.)

other similar structures from being crushed in by rough handling or byany undue pressure upon the outer surfaces, and to cause the arti clesplaced therein, no matter how many or how few there may be, to be at alltimes and under all circumstances kept intact by the combined bracebeing adjusted vertically at any given or desired intervals, as occasionmay require, and to prevent the trunk or other similar structure fromyielding at the corners.

Figure 1 represents the trunk with brace. Fig. 2 represents the brace.Fig. 3 represents the corner-socket in trunk. Fig. 4. represents thesocket attached to wall of trunk, A A and B B being different views ofFigs. 3 and 4.

In the brace, Fig. 2, c 6 represent the hinges, by means of which thebrace is opened or closed at will, f being a bar or keeper, which turnsupon a central pivot, d, and, passing over the spring C, located on thehinged brace on opposite sides of the keeper, enters the socket or claspI) on side wall of trunk, and holds in place the combined brace, asshown in Fig. 1.

The socket shown in Fig. 3, and at a a, is the metallic clasp or supportto be adjusted in the corners of the trunk, and which receivesthe'corners or ends of the combined brace,the lower shelf of which shallbe made somewhat more projecting than its upper shelf,in order toreceive the corners of the brace, Fig. 2, and conduct it to its properposition.

The clasp or socket shown in Fig. 4, and at BB, is intended to beafii'xed to the side walls of the trunk in such manner as to receive theedge of the brace, Fig; 2, and the ends of the keeper f after it shallhave been moved past the spring a. The metallic corners and side socketsor clasps are to be screwed or riveted and clinched on the outer surfaceof the trunk. The several parts of the foregoing hinged brace,corner-braces, side clasps, and each and every part thereof may be madeof wood, wire, cast-iron, brass, or of any material suitable for thepurpose.

In the use of the combined brace no trunk need be deprived of its toptray as now used, the corner-sockets hereinbefore described furnishingthe necessary support therefor.

WVhat I claim is- 1. In a trunk, abrace composed of two sec tions hingedtogether, in combination with the keeper pivoted thereto, substantiallyas described.

2. In a trunk,a brace composed of two longitudinal sections hingedtogether, substantially as described, in combination with a keeperpivoted thereto, substantially as described, and for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination of a trunk-brace composed of two sections hingedtogether, substantially as described, with akeeper pivoted thereto, anda socket attached to the walls of the trunk to receive the ends of thekeeper, all substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a trunk, a combined corner-brace and socket having top and bottomshelves or supports, the former being made smaller to allow of a moreready admission of the brace, substantially as set forth, and for thepurposes herein described.

5. The combination of a trunk provided i with corner-braces andkeeper-sockets with the hinged brace provided with the pivoted keeper,substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a trunk, the longitudinally-hinged r J M. MARCH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE U. Rose, 0. S. TREVITT.

